Marakesh 𓅦 on Nostr: "The Calvinists didn't believe that power corrupts man, but that man corrupts power. ...

"The Calvinists didn't believe that power corrupts man, but that man corrupts power. Man is a sinner by nature and therefore cannot be trusted with power. Only a true fear of God, they believed, can hold sinful man in check."

https://w3.do/VL-75Wyl

Interesting, because Lord Acton, a Roman Catholic, famously said "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Is this a difference between a Calvinist view of power and a Catholic view? 🤔